Fifteen-year aerosol optical depth climatology for Salt Lake City

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 3271-3277

  Michalsky, Joseph ^a   Lebaron, Brock ^b  

^a EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental Quality State of Utah ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

aerosol optical depth; ngstr m exponent; multifilter rotating shadowband radiometer; PM10; PM2.5

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CLIMATOLOGY; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); RADIOMETERS;

AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; HARDWARE FAILURES; LINEAR INTERPOLATION; LOWER CORRELATION; MULTIFILTER ROTATING SHADOWBAND RADIOMETERS; PM10; PM2.5; WAVELENGTH DEPENDENCE;

LAKES;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CLIMATOLOGY; OPTICAL DEPTH; PARTICULATE MATTER; RADIOMETER; WAVELENGTH;

SALT LAKE CITY; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

EID: 84878130984     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50329     Document Type: Article

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